If you are doing development on Windows, you should use the Consolas font. If you’re on XP, you can refer to this post to get it to work. If you are on Vista, you should already have Consolas.
After you have Consolas installed, you can start using it in the Windows Command Prompt. Here is the command to run from the windows prompt,
Now change the default font for the prompt to Consolas. With a Command Prompt window open, Right Click up on the frame where the title is. Select ‘Defaults’ -> ‘Fonts’. Consolas should be there. If it’s not, close your prompt, restart your computer, log-in, log-out, etc.
Once Consolas is showing up as on option for your Command Prompt font, configure to your liking. I chose 18 pt, bold. I had to restart the machine to get the Default settings to take effect. Perhaps logging out is enough. But I am not a windows ninja.
